Supreme Court denies petition for certiorari challenging Boy Scouts of America’s landmark chapter 11 plan in White & Case-led appeal proceedings

In global law firm White & Case LLP's landmark chapter 11 reorganization of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 2026 denied the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a small group of dissenting claimants, which sought to challenge confirmation of BSA's chapter 11 reorganization plan. White & Case led the appeal proceedings on behalf of BSA in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the US Supreme Court.

This decision culminates more than five years of dedicated collaboration among survivors, BSA, local councils, chartered organizations, settling insurance companies and other stakeholders, all united in a shared commitment to equitably compensate survivors while preserving Scouting's vital mission.

White & Case negotiated, designed and obtained confirmation of the chapter 11 plan, which monetized the insurance rights of thousands of parties and established a settlement fund valued at more than US$2.4 billion, plus insurance rights estimated by the Bankruptcy Court to be worth at least an additional US$4.2 billion. In May 2025, the Third Circuit dismissed the widest-ranging appeals of the Bankruptcy Court's plan confirmation order, filed by the same dissenting claimant group, and affirmed the confirmation order as to the appeals of certain holdout insurers.

Since BSA's founding in 1910, more than 130 million Americans have participated in Scouting programs, and more than 2.75 million young men and women have attained Scouting's highest rank of Eagle Scout.

The White & Case team was led by partners Michael Andolina, Matthew Linder, Laura Baccash (all in Chicago) and Glenn Kurtz (New York); and included partners Andy O'Neill, Erin Rosenberg (both in Chicago), Christoffer Adler, Ron Gorsich (both in Los Angeles), Jesse Green (Miami), Ipek Candan Snyder, Binoy Dharia, Andrew Hammond, Samuel Hershey, Jonathan Michels, Henrik Patel and John Reiss (all in New York); counsel Doah Kim (Los Angeles) and Robert Tiedemann (New York); associates Trudy Smith, Devin Rivero (both in Miami), Lucas Curtis (Chicago), Camille Shepherd, Claire Campbell and David Kim (all in New York); and alumnae Jessica Lauria (New York) and Blair Warner (Chicago).

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